South Dakota, North Dakota and Northern Colorado had a two-day triangular tangle in Grand Forks, N.D.
South Dakota Press Release
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — South Dakota freshman diver Isaac Morris set a new school-record on the one-meter dive with a score of 289.55 as the Coyotes’ swimming and diving teams captured nine event titles at a triangular against North Dakota and Northern Colorado which was held Friday and Saturday in the Hyslop Swimming Pool.
Each day was considered a meet, consisted of 26 events and used dual meet scoring. The South Dakota women beat Northern Colorado on Friday with a score of 137-103, but lost to North Dakota 179-63. In the first meet of the year for the men, North Dakota beat USD 159.50-83.50. On Saturday, South Dakota’s men lost to North Dakota 150-93, while the women lost to Northern Colorado 127.50-112.50 and to North Dakota 174-68.
Morris claimed three titles in the first collegiate meets of his career. On Friday, The freshman broke South Dakota’s one-meter diving record which was set by Chase Testa in 2015. He came in second in the three-meter dive with a score of 271.35. On Saturday, Morris won the one- and three-meter dives with scores of 265.10 and 327.85, respectively. His score of 327.85 on the three-meter dive is third all-time on the Coyote Top 10 list.
For women’s diving, senior Greysen Hertting won three out of the four events. She won both one-meter dives as she scored 270.62 on Friday and 275.90 on Saturday. She won Friday’s three-meter dive with a score of 257.05 and came in second for Saturday’s three-meter with 275.90.
The South Dakota men’s swimming team claimed three event titles in its first meet of the season. Sophomore Hunter Padgett won the 1,000-yard free with a time of 9:49.60. Freshman Nathan Spencer claimed the 200-yard free with 1:43.56. Spencer then combined with junior Eric Erlenmeyer, sophomore Jared Thorson and freshman Kenny Austin to win the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team beat North Dakota by .05 seconds.
On the women’s side, freshmen Charlton Mechling and Sabrina Sabadeanu turned in second-place performances. Mechling placed second in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles with times of 53.68 and 1:55.36, respectively. Sabadeanu came in second for the 200-yard backstroke and touched in at 2:06.21.
South Dakota continues its season in Brookings S.D., as both teams will travel to South Dakota State for a Summit League matchup on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.
